Women's High Performance Dinghy Evaluation Event
Six boats will line up for the Women's High Performance Dinghy Evaluation
Event, which will be held in Hyeres, France from 16-19 April 2007. The
29erXX, RS800, Cherub Daemon, Carbonology GT60 and International 14 have
all submitted their entries to the Evaluation Event.
In advance of the decision on the ten events for the 2012 Olympic Games,
which will be made at the 2007 ISAF Annual Conference this November, the
Evaluation Event will look at whether there are suitable boats for a High
Performance Dinghy event for a crew of two women.
The six boats for the trials in Hyeres are:
The 29er:
A skiff one-design design by Julian Bethwaite
29erXX:
A skiff one-design design by Julian Bethwaite which features a carbon mast
and double spreads on the existing 29er hull
Cherub Daemon:
A skiff one-design, designed by Simon Roberts and Richard Tayloir to fall
within the 2005 UK Cherub Class Rules
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Carbonology GT60:
A project by David Chisholm using a design by Paul Bieker, with the Master
plug currently in production
International 14:
Established 75 years ago, the twin trapeze skiff is a well known
development class
RS800:
A skiff one-design designed by Phil Morrison, with some modifications to
the existing RS800 deck mould
The Panel:
Dina Kowalyshyn (USA), member of the ISAF Equipment Committee, Equipment
Control Sub-Committee and Women's Forum, is chair of the eight-strong
Evaluation Panel. The panel also includes Athens Olympic gold medallist and
twice ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Sofia Bekatorou (GRE), 1998 World
Sailor of the Year Carolijn Brouwer (NED) and Hungarian 470 sailor Marta
Weores.
The fundamental criteria set out by ISAF for the event included:
- The boat must be a monohull
- The dinghy must be able to sail faster off the wind than the wind
- The dinghy is for a crew of two women (average combined weight 120-140
kgs)
- Targeting a price of 14,500 Euros ready to sail
A report on the Evaluation Event will be completed by the ISAF Mid-Year
Meeting, to be held in Paris, France from 4-6 May.
Details of the criteria and Evaluation Panel can be found on the ISAF
Technical microsite - http://www.sailing.org/technical
Photos of the boats linked from
http://sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j1,FnAp/B&format=popup
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